NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 440 MHz vs 400 MHz
6.6x more texture fill rate: 10.56 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 239 vs 134
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 210 vs 40

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2005 vs 12 May 2003
Core clock speed	440 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.56 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	239 vs 134
PassMark - G3D Mark	210 vs 40

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

239

134

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	239	134
PassMark - G3D Mark	210	40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	575

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	G70	NV35
Launch date	29 September 2005	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	1190	1191
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	440 MHz
Core clock speed	440 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	10.56 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	550 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0